The first step is to  Install Wordpress. There are two scenarios depending on your host.

 Some hosts like Blue Host . support a 1 click install using fantastico others like 1and1 Uk require that you perform a manual install.

However before you do the install you should first decide if you are going to install Wordpress in the root folder or create a subfolder.

When configuring Wordpress as a website (as opposed to a blog) I would recommend that you install into the root Folder.

Installing Using Fantastico

Fantastico is a collection of scripts that will install common software packages like Wordpress, Joomla etc. Here is the Wordpress install screen for my Wordpress installations on Bluehost.

You should notice that not only does it show my current installations it allows me to remove them and install a new one.

You should note that you may be required to enter a database name (anything you want), and you will need to name the blog and supply contact details (seen the last part manual WordPress install).

Manual Installation

This requires that you create the databases and install the Wordpress files manually before running the Wordpress install script.

The first step is to create a database.1and1 control panel provides phpadmin for setting up and administering the Database. Access is via the MYSQL admin icon.

Once the Database has been created you will need to copy the Wordpress files to the appropriate folder on the 1and1 server. You can download the latest Wordpress files from the Wordpress.org site.

After you have unpacked the Wordpress files you need to create a wp-config.php file. This you do by copying the  wp-config-sample.php.

You then need to edit the wp-config.php . So open the file in Wordpad ( Note notepad may not display the file correctly hence the use of wordpad) and change the database name and database user to match what you created in the MySQL configuration earlier.

In my case I'm using the database name  blogbase and the database user called wordpress and the password of password.

So my edited file looks like this

Once you have edited it save it as wp-config.php.

Note: make sure its not called wp-config.php.txt by mistake

Now You can FTP the Wordpress files to the web server. This may take a little while as in total there are approx 7MB of files/drectories.

Now you are ready to run the install which simply involves running a php script on the server. So open a web browser and type:

http://websitedomainname/wp-admin/install.php

The install involves two simple steps at the end the you will be given a username and password that you can use to logon and configure your blog.

Make a note of the password!!

Here are the screenshots of the steps

Here is the summary page with the logon instructions